dep composed on 2021-08-13 21:57 (UTC):
I have often considered what it would be like to boot and run one of my old OS/2 installs on my current system. When OS/2 2.0 was released IBM said that we needed 4 but preferably 8 mb -- not gb, mb -- of memory. And I had a luxurious 340mb Micropolis hard drive (purchased at the they-ll-never-be-this-cheap-again price of $650). So it should be possible to load the entire system into a ramdrive and have, what, 31 gigs of memory left over. I think it would run pretty quickly.
I've been running "OS/2" for 9 years on this motherboard: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813135022 and this CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/27249/intel-core-2-duo-...
Virtually 24/7 it's what I'm running, but occasionally I boot it to openSUSE/TDE: # inxi -pa | grep hpfs ID-8: /hpfs/F raw-size: 800.1 MiB size: 800.1 MiB (100.00%) used: 609.6 MiB (76.2%) fs: hpfs block-size: 512 B ID-9: /hpfs/G raw-size: 1.95 GiB size: 1.95 GiB (100.00%) used: 1.91 GiB (98.0%) fs: hpfs block-size: 512 B ID-10: /hpfs/H raw-size: 933.4 MiB size: 933.4 MiB (100.00%) used: 865.8 MiB (92.8%) fs: hpfs block-size: 512 B ID-11: /hpfs/I raw-size: 2.44 GiB size: 2.44 GiB (100.00%) used: 1.95 GiB (79.7%) fs: hpfs block-size: 512 B ID-12: /hpfs/J raw-size: 58.59 GiB size: 58.59 GiB (100.00%) used: 44.19 GiB (75.4%) fs: hpfs block-size: 512 B # inxi -bay System: Kernel: 5.3.18-lp152.87-default x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 parameters: root=LABEL=16s152 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume mitigations=auto consoleblank=0 5 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.10 tk: Qt 3.5.0 info: kicker wm: Twin 3.0 vt: 7 dm: TDM Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.2 Machine: Type: Desktop System: ELITE SYSTEM product: P965T-A v: 1.x serial: N/A Chassis: Intel type: 3 v: P965T-A serial: N/A Mobo: ELITE SYSTEM model: P965T-A v: 1.0x serial: N/A BIOS: Phoenix v: 6.00 PG date: 08/30/2007 CPU: Info: Dual Core Intel Core2 6400 [MCP] arch: Core Merom speed: 1628 MHz Graphics: Device-1: AMD RV370 [Radeon X600/X600 SE] driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:5b62 class-ID: 0300 Display: server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1400x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 370x277mm (14.6x10.9") s-diag: 462mm (18.2") Monitor-1: DVI-0 res: 1400x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 87 size: 408x306mm (16.1x12.0") diag: 510mm (20.1") OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV370 v: 2.1 Mesa 19.3.4 direct render: Yes Network: Device-1: Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: bf00 bus-ID: 04:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:1229 class-ID: 0200 Drives: Local Storage: total: 298.1 GiB used: 72.75 GiB (24.4%) Info: Processes: 154 Uptime: 0h 16m wakeups: 1268 Memory: 1.93 GiB used: 432.7 MiB (21.9%) Init: systemd v: 234 runlevel: 5 target: multi-user.target tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: N/A note: see --pkg Shell: Bash v: 4.4.23 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06
Technically what I have is called eComStation, which since has morphed into ArcaOS. https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/